Re: Antaeus or Prada Amber pour Homme? Which one?

Everyone ought to own a bottle of Antaeus -- it's powerful, beautifully crafted stuff. Prada's nice enough if you like soapy and ambery scents, yes, but I wouldn't compare it to Antaeus, neither in terms of sheer importance nor complexity, no. Go with the Antaeus.

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Latrelle: "Isn't he only on the second floor?"
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Re: Antaeus or Prada Amber pour Homme? Which one?

I&#180;m also on a barbershop fragrance kick...i love YSL Rive Gauche...Narciso Rodrigeuz for Him is also ok...Jock_With_Scents what kind of foug&#233;re scent should test...Prada Amber pour homme is very nice...i think i need both :-)
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@tvlampboy, no comparing here...i don&#180;t know which one to choose...i know there are different and how they smell...maybe i need both.

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Re: Antaeus or Prada Amber pour Homme? Which one?

Re: Antaeus or Prada Amber pour Homme? Which one?

I like Yerbamate - Lorenzo Villoresi, Rive Gauche Intense, Chevalier d'Orsay, Prada Amber Pour Homme, Fou d'Absinthe, and Arome 3 Tradition - D'Orsay as my 'barbershop like' smellies. Not all are the same scent family, buy I get a classic, masculine feel that has a nod to the past in all of them.

Re: Antaeus or Prada Amber pour Homme? Which one?

I don't like either - but I think if I had to choose, I would choose Antaeus.

I'm also a Rive Gauche PH fan, and I'm at the very end of my decant - I think I'm going to invest in a new bottle of the Intense, as fall approaches...unless, of course, I fall in love with the new Tom Ford for Men.

Re: Antaeus or Prada Amber pour Homme? Which one?

Re: Antaeus or Prada Amber pour Homme? Which one?

Totally different fragrances actually. Prada has a very pleasant soapy greeness over a light ambery base while Antaeus is deeper, more aromatic and with a dramatic, yet with a layed back attitude.
I could live ages without Prada PH while sooner or later I would have cravings for Antaeus, so my advice is towards it.
P.S. there's more Agarwood than patchouly in Rive Gauche PH, Antaeus has instead loads of patchouly in the base.

Re: Antaeus or Prada Amber pour Homme? Which one?

Well, i like both scents, as different as they are.

If i didn't have either of them, i would get Antaeus. But that's only if i happen to like stronger scents.
If soft, clean, and shortlasting is no problem for me, and i like the way the prada one smells on my skin, then i would get that one .
If you spray them both of them , one on each arm, Antaeus will eat Prada alive.

Re: Antaeus or Prada Amber pour Homme? Which one?

Like said before, they are very differend and I like them both.
Anteus being a classic and all and the Prada is a bit more versatile, and less 80's.
Saying that, I admit I wear the Prada more.
Anteus can be a bit too much at times, ..for me anyway.

Re: Antaeus or Prada Amber pour Homme? Which one?

they are both good (Antaeus and Prada)...i will buy them both...but now, i sprayed Rive Gauche on my neck...damn that fragrance is sooo amazing...i think, i have to get the intense version for fall...thats right mikeperez23...and Tom Ford for Men will be my next buy :-) I hope it will be so good like M7 or Rive Gauche (but in another direction)!!!

Re: Antaeus or Prada Amber pour Homme? Which one?

Prada is nice, but I don't find it very out coming. For me it is more casual, free time or office fragrance. I think that Antaeus is more sensual, romantic and characterful. I don't know why, but I miss something in the fragrances of nowadays. Not in all of them, but most of them are very superficial and don't have the guts and that much character. In a way they remind me the youth of nowadays.

Re: Antaeus or Prada Amber pour Homme? Which one?

Re: Antaeus or Prada Amber pour Homme? Which one?

I´d go with the Prada as well, far more versatile. I really like Antaeus, but actually more in theory than in reality. Something in there can be seriously cloying at times. The shower gel is excellent though - incredibly strong on it´s own.

The Prada on the other hand is a great quality update on classic barbershop. Soapy, clean and suitable for almost all occasions.

Re: Antaeus or Prada Amber pour Homme? Which one?

As a 20-something guy, I can't stand strong old fashioned classics like Antaeus! Not only this one, But all of it's contemporaries are too heavy and annoying for me!
I prefer pleasant, smooth, clean, and fresh smell of Prada without any doubt. Also I admit Prada won't be alive for more than 4,5 years, but it is the same for other products(Good or Bad).
Who said a man must wear ONE perfume during his life? I'll wear prada and when finding better ones I'll put it away!

Re: Antaeus or Prada Amber pour Homme? Which one?

Rock me, Antaeus.

Peggy: "Right now, we have to get to the mental institution. Something terrible has happened."
Latrelle: "What?"
Peggy: "Brother Boy has tried to kill himself. He jumped out of his bedroom window."
Latrelle: "Isn't he only on the second floor?"
Peggy: "Yes, but he hit his head on a lawn gnome."Fr. Sordid Lives: The Series
*****
"Live, live, live! Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death."Auntie Mame[/B]

Re: Antaeus or Prada Amber pour Homme? Which one?

Re: Antaeus or Prada Amber pour Homme? Which one?

Originally Posted by Magnifiscent

Totally different fragrances actually. Prada has a very pleasant soapy greeness over a light ambery base while Antaeus is deeper, more aromatic and with a dramatic, yet with a layed back attitude.
I could live ages without Prada PH while sooner or later I would have cravings for Antaeus, so my advice is towards it.
P.S. there's more Agarwood than patchouly in Rive Gauche PH, Antaeus has instead loads of patchouly in the base.

Mags, this perfectly expresses my own view, so I'll just say 'ditto'.

I've been wearing Antaeus for the last three days, and really love it — that and Giorgio of Beverley Hills after shave. I can't think of anything else that's quite like it. Truly a classic.
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As a 25 something guy,

You could be a 20-something guy, or a 30-something guy…but I don't think you can be a 25-something guy. You're either 25 or your not. (Unless those months really matter at 25! )

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Re: Antaeus or Prada Amber pour Homme? Which one?

I'm 56-something. at least I was when the bandages came off.

I'd want Antaeus in my wardrobe at all times. It's a wonder that stuff that sells for 4 times as much isn't an eigth as good. All that said, I enjoyed a decant of the Prada but didn't feel it was bottle worthy.

I'm wearing Antaeus on my left side and Shalimar on my right and listening to cats copulating outside.

Re: Antaeus or Prada Amber pour Homme? Which one?

Originally Posted by eric

Like said before, they are very differend and I like them both.
Anteus being a classic and all and the Prada is a bit more versatile, and less 80's.
Saying that, I admit I wear the Prada more.
Anteus can be a bit too much at times, ..for me anyway.

Re: Antaeus or Prada Amber pour Homme? Which one?

Originally Posted by Bytebuster

I think that Antaeus is more sensual, romantic and characterful.

As i said in my last posting here. Antaeus is here always mentioned as an powerhouse frag. The sensual, romantic side was an argument for me to put it in my wishlist and kick gucci ph & m7 (for a later buy).

But i am really wondering about this comment from the "You smell like a Girl" Topic:

Originally Posted by QuietEarth

Antaeus.

I made the comment after I tested it one lunchtime. I said that I thought I smelled like a blue-haired 70-plus year old woman at a bingo hall. My colleague agreed with me, and asked when I was going to either wash it off or walk away.

Re: Antaeus or Prada Amber pour Homme? Which one?

I can actually empathise with QuietEarth's comment. I mean I perhaps wouldn't go as far as that but I think to the 'simple' mans nose (without analyzing the scent) I think it can come accross as a bit "tart's boudoir"!

I think that the fragrances heritage as an important part of perfume history is undoubted however if I have to spend too much time trying to like something and trying to appreciate it's masterful composition but not actually enjoying the smell to much... well I dont care for that.